Aaron Jones Sr. or Bucky Irving: who to draft first

What the sportsbooks price

The player markets price Aaron Jones Sr. at 15.1 PPR points a game, built from 5 markets across 17 books. That is the 34th highest figure of the 182 players the books price.

The player markets price Bucky Irving at 15.1 PPR points a game, built from 5 markets across 17 books. That is the 35th highest figure of the 182 players the books price.

Where the draft room stands

Drafters have formed no consensus on Aaron Jones Sr.: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 17th overall on the rest of his evidence.

In 2QB drafts he goes at ADP 137.

Drafters have formed no consensus on Bucky Irving: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 18th overall on the rest of his evidence.

In 2QB drafts he goes at ADP 68.

This season through Week 1

Through Week 1, Aaron Jones Sr. has been on the field for 46 percent of MIN snaps, taken 39 percent of the carries, drawn 4 percent of the targets and had 31 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 0 of the offence's 10 third down targets and had 1 of its 2 chances inside the five.

His 1 target have averaged 4.0 air yards.

In Week 1 against GB he carried 12 times for 40 yards, caught 0 of 1 target for 0 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

Through Week 1, Bucky Irving has been on the field for 61 percent of TB snaps, taken 42 percent of the carries, drawn 26 percent of the targets and had 25 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 3 of the offence's 6 third down targets and seen 0 of its 1 two minute target.

His 7 targets have come 3.6 yards behind the line of scrimmage on average.

In Week 1 against CIN he carried 8 times for 45 yards, caught 7 of 7 targets for 48 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025 Aaron Jones Sr. played 12 games and scored 118.7 PPR points, 9.9 a game, finishing RB41.

He carried 132 times for 548 yards and 2 touchdowns, and caught 28 of 41 targets for 199 more yards.

That came to 11.0 carries a game at 4.2 yards a carry and 2.3 catches a game.

He was on the field for 55 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

In 2025 Bucky Irving played 10 games and scored 138.5 PPR points, 13.9 a game, finishing RB34.

He carried 173 times for 588 yards and 1 touchdown, and caught 30 of 35 targets for 277 more yards.

That came to 17.3 carries a game at 3.4 yards a carry and 3.0 catches a game.

He was on the field for 62 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

Aaron Jones Sr. was available for 2 games more.

Head to head

In 2025 Bucky Irving scored 13.9 PPR points a game and Aaron Jones Sr. 9.9, 4.0 a game between them.

Aaron Jones Sr. finished RB41 that year and Bucky Irving RB34.

Bucky Irving had 41 more carries than Aaron Jones Sr., 173 to 132.

Bucky Irving had 2 more catches than Aaron Jones Sr., 30 to 28.

This season Bucky Irving holds the bigger snap share, 61 percent against 46 percent.

This season Bucky Irving holds the bigger share of the carries, 42 percent against 39 percent.

Byes and availability

Aaron Jones Sr. is off in Week 6 and Bucky Irving in Week 10, so either can cover the other's bye.

What would change the answer

0.0 points a game is the entire case. The books restate it every week, and a line that moves moves the order with it.

The draft market is the half that is missing: when the consensus sample holds these two again it can order them differently from the price, and this page will follow the sample rather than the books when it does.